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The Jewel of the South is Atlanta, and you can easily reach this amazing city by car, train, or even by air if you want. If you enter the city by air, then you do not need to rent a car because you can travel anywhere you need to without one but if you want it is very easy to drive around Atlanta.

You can also use the MARTA train which will take you from the airport directly to downtown Atlanta, which is very convenient. So when you are in Atlanta, here are some of the different places you may want to check out.

The Georgia Aquarium

The CNN World Headquarters

The Martin Luther King National History Site

The Atlanta History Center

The Fernbank Museum of Natural History

The Atlanta Zoo

The Centennial Olympic Park

Margaret Mitchell House and Museum

Believe it or not but the biggest aquarium in the entire world is the Georgia Aquarium. You can see a broad range of different kinds of wildlife and believe it or not, but there are well over sixty different exhibits that you can check out when you are visiting this excellent aquarium.

Another place you may want to check out is the CNN world headquarters, and they offer tours for you to try as well. You can see the news and have a visit at the same time which is pretty impressive, to say the least. And you can also see the longest freestanding escalator in the whole world at the CNN world headquarters as well.

Another site to check out when you are visiting Atlanta is the Martin Luther King National History Site because here you can learn a lot about Martin Luther King Jr. and all of the different kinds of things he accomplished. You can see all of the different memorabilia, and you can also see the history and the facts of this incredible leader.

If you are interested in history, then you may want to go over to the Atlanta history center because here you will be able to learn all about the civil war and about the history of this grand city as well. And you can see the civil war from the point of view from the south, which is a rare glimpse because after all, the victor writes the history. And when you are wandering around this history center, you can feel like you are in the middle of the civil war.

If you have kids, you may want to go to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History because this contains an IMAX theater, planetarium, and also an observatory as well. So when you have kids with you, you really will want to try this place out, because it is amazing without a doubt and your kids will love this place.

And if you love gorillas, this zoo has the most gorillas, and it also has pandas as well so that is a huge treat that you will be able to enjoy with no doubt. And you can easily spend the whole day here if you have kids because your little ones will love seeing the animals here.

Another place to check out when you are visiting Atlanta is the Centennial Olympic Park which is where the 1996 summer Olympics was held, so that is a pretty cool place to check out if you have the time. However, this site is mostly famous for the bombing that occurred here, however now it is a peaceful and beautiful park that you can spend the day in and relax. It has playgrounds for the kids and has a lot of awesome eateries that serve up some very delicious food. So that is yet another fantastic place that you will want to spend your day in when you are visiting the amazing city of Atlanta.

The famous author who wrote the book Gone with the Wind also has her home here which she calls “the dump.” Just go and visit the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum if you are interested.

Atlanta is the home of the largest aquarium in the world and here you will be able to see a broad range of different things from the thousands of different species to entertainment events, 3D shows, and also informative workshops as well. Atlanta is a fun city, and there is no denying that, so if you are up for some adventure, then Atlanta is the place for you.